As many as half of the children and siblings of individuals with diseased coronary arteries may have signs of atherosclerosis, even though they have no symptoms of heart or vessel disease. (Circulation, 1-24-01)
Eighteenth century German literature is scrutinized through the lens of queer theory by Robert Tobin in his new book "Warm Brothers: Queer Theory and the Age of Goethe," published this year by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
A pair of marine biologists at NC State University is exploring the spawning migrations of the blue crab, one of the most economically and ecologically important fishery species in the Chesapeake Bay and in the coastal waters of North Carolina.
The first global views of our planet's magnetosphere, captured by NASA's IMAGE spacecraft, reveal a curious plasma tail that stretches toward the Sun.
A hardy microbe from Earth might one day transform the barren ground of Mars into arable soil. Scientists discussed the possibility at a recent NASA-sponsored conference.
Mayo Clinic researchers are leading a nationwide clinical trial on a new way to detect colon cancer. The test, which requires only a stool sample, detects DNA that is shed from precancerous colon polyps and early-stage colon cancer. (Mayo Clinic Health Letter, 2-01)
Too many people are unaware of the risk factors and consequences of osteoporosis, says a UAB registered dietitian.
UAB has received a $4.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a registry of blacks with early rheumatoid arthritis.
To address the critical national issue in math literacy, West Virginia University has announced creation of an Institute for Math Learning.
The nationally known University of South Florida school reform program, Project ACHIEVE, and its Stop & Think social skills component have been selected as a model program by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Substance Abuse Prevention in Rockville, Md.
The new book "Bottom of the Ninth: An Oral History on the Life of Harry 'The Hat' Walker" (2000) examines the life of a baseball legend whose game-winning hit in the 1946 World Series gave St. Louis the victory over Boston.
The nation's "cancer epidemic" was caused solely by cigarette smoking, and environmental pollution played little role in it, say UAB researchers. (Journal of Clinical Oncology 1-1-01)
Congestive heart failure patients sometimes skip their daily dose of diuretics to avoid embarrassing urinary accidents in public -- an unfortunate side effect of the medicine.
Researchers from MIT, University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of South Florida have found evidence of water in rocks found from meteorites from Mars and that significant amounts of water may still exist in the Martian interior. (Nature, 1-25-01)
President Karen Hitchcock of the University at Albany has announced plans to create a Center for Jewish Studies that will eventually establish Albany as the hub of Jewish Studies for the State University of New York system and for public higher education in the Northeast.
This semester at the University at Albany, six internationally recognized speakers-writers, scholars, policy experts, and labor organizers-will address cracks in democracy and the attempts to heal them in South Africa, Latin America, and the U.S. in the lecture series "Cultures of Conflict and Reconciliation."
Two recent studies have found that some chocolate products contain high levels of antioxidant flavonoids. These plant-based compounds limit the effects of lipoprotein (LDLs) components in the harmful kind of cholesterol. (Mayo Clinic Health Letter, 2-01)
Despite its name, many people can survive sudden cardiac death if they have access to fast, appropriate medical care, and the likelihood of getting that care in time is improving. (Mayo Clinic Health Letter, 2-01)
The spin of an atom has become the basis for quantum computers that can factor large numbers into prime numbers quickly; the implications for encryption are alarming.
The recent national election created qualms about voting systems, but Internet voting may not be any better.
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